Jordan told The Associated Press Thursday that he laughed -- "I absolutely laughed" -- when hearing Bryant's comments that the U.S. squad training in Las Vegas could take Jordan and company.

Jordan said there's "no comparison" which team is better.

"For him to compare those two teams is not one of the smarter things he ever could have done," Jordan said prior to playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Charlotte.

"I heard Kobe say we were not athletic," said a smiling Jordan as he sat in a golf cart puffing on his cigar while waiting to tee off. "But we were smart. He said we were too old, but I was 29 and in the prime of my career. Pip (Scottie Pippen) was 26 or 27, (Charles) Barkley was 29, Patrick (Ewing) was 29 and Chris Mullin was 29. Almost everybody was still in their 20s."

re: Michael Jordan laughed at Kobe's commentsPosted by Tigerfan56 on 7/12/12 at 3:23 pm to LSUdm21

If careers ended today, yes. But Paul might already be in, and will for sure by the time his career is over same as Durant if he keeps it up. There is also a lot of reason to believe guys like Deron Williams, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Love have a pretty good shot as well. ETA-Assuming no career altering injuries.

I'm not sure how much he played, but if those guys beat the dream team I'm pretty sure the 2012 olympic team could beat them. I'm not saying the 2012 team is better, but they could definitely beat the Dream Team.